5.  The applicant was born in 1927 and lives in Kranj.
6.  On 26 August 1949, in the framework of criminal proceedings, the applicant’s father J.D. was sentenced, inter alia, to forfeiture of his property to the State. On 26 December 1949 that judgment was executed by the decision of the Kranj Local Court.
7.  On 30 October 1991, after the establishment of independence of the Republic of Slovenia and the change of the political regime, the Supreme Court partly granted the request for protection of legality (zahteva za varstvo zakonitosti) filed by the Public Prosecutor in respect of the criminal judgment of 26 August 1949 and acquitted J.D. of some of the charges.
8.  As for the remaining part of the conviction, including the part relating to forfeiture of property to the State, the applicant and his brother filed a request for reopening of the criminal proceedings, which was granted by the Ljubljana Basic Court, Ljubljana Unit (Temeljno sodišče v Ljubljani, Enota v Ljubljani) on 19 November 1993. Further to the withdrawal of charges by the Public Prosecutor, the Ljubljana Basic Court on 15 December 1993 discontinued the criminal proceedings and set aside the judgment of 26 August 1949.
9.  On 27 December 1993 the applicant then requested the Kranj Local Court (Okrajno sodišče v Kranju) to set aside also the decision of 26 December 1949, executing the initial criminal judgment and forfeiting the property to the State, and to enter the transfer of ownership of the forfeited property back to J.D. in the land register.
10.  In addition, on 7 June 1994, the J.D.’s heirs, including the applicant, started proceedings against the Republic of Slovenia for restitution of the property forfeited to J.D. before the Kranj District Court (Okrožno sodišče v Kranju). They requested that all the forfeited immovable property be returned in natura.
11.  On 9 March 1995 the Kranj Local Court granted the applicant’s request for the annulment of the execution decision of 26 December 1949, but not for the entry of the transfer of ownership of the forfeited property in the land register. The applicant lodged an appeal, which was dismissed on 6 August 1996 by the Kranj Local Court as lodged out of time.
12.  On 9 February 1996, in reply to a summons by the Kranj District Court, the applicant informed it that he objected to the institution and continuation of the proceedings for the restitution of forfeited property, started on 7 June 1994 by a group of heirs of J.D., claiming that the restitution of the property could already be carried out on the basis of the decision of the Kranj Local Court of 9 March 1995 alone, which had quashed the decision on execution of the sentence of forfeiture of property.
13.  On 13 February 1996 the applicant requested cancellation of the scheduled hearing, which was granted by the court.
14.  On the same date the applicant also lodged a request for the designation of another court to decide on the case, which was rejected by the Supreme Court on 12 June 1996.
15.  On 16 March 1998, the applicant again requested the land register to enter the transfer of ownership back to J.D. on the basis of the decision of Kranj Local Court of 9 March 1995, which had quashed the decision on execution of the sentence of forfeiture of property of 26 December 1949. On 26 August 1998 the Kranj District Court rejected his request, stating that property in cases such as the applicant’s could only be returned in the non-contentious proceedings provided for in respect of the restitution of forfeited property, and further, that two sets of such proceedings were already pending before the court further to the applicant’s request. The applicant filed an appeal, which was rejected by the Ljubljana Higher Court on 11 November 1998.
16.  On 25 August 1998 the applicant lodged a request for the land register to prohibit the disposal and encumbrance of the property in question, which was rejected by the Kranj Local Court on 20 March 2000.
17.  On 29 March 1999 the Kranj District Court joined different sets of proceedings for restitution of the forfeited property, to which the applicant, as well as other family members, were parties.
18.  Between 17 May 1999 and 15 March 2001 the court held five hearings.
19.  On 18 July 1999 the applicant again lodged a request for the land register to prohibit the disposal and encumbrance of the property at issue. On 18 January 2000 the Kranj Local Court referred the applicant to its previous decisions, that the requested entry in the land register could only be approved after the final decision had been delivered in the restitution proceedings.
20.  On 17 April 2000 the applicant lodged a constitutional appeal with regard to not being granted the requested entry in the land register, which was dismissed by the Constitutional Court on 30 May 2000 as incomplete.
21.  On 16 August 2000 the applicant lodged a supervisory appeal with the Ministry of Justice, which replied on 14 November 2000.
22.  In the years 2000 and 2001, the applicant lodged complaints concerning the refusal of the land register to enter the transfer of ownership back to his father J.D. and the length of the restitution proceedings with the Slovenian Parliament, the Government, the Ministry for Justice, the Supreme Court, the Public Prosecutor and the Ombudsman.
23.  On 15 March 2001 the Kranj District Court issued a partial decision granting compensation for the forfeited movable property to J.D.’s heirs, including the applicant. It awarded each of them 112,879 Slovenian tolars (SIT) (EUR 471), payable in State bonds. The decision was upheld by the Ljubljana Higher Court on 18 July 2001.
24.  On 24 January 2003 the court held another hearing, at which it decided on the remainder of the restitution claims, concerning the forfeited immovable property. The court established that restitution in natura was no longer possible, since on the claimed plots of land at Brdo at Kranj (Brdo pri Kranju) several buildings had been built after their forfeiture to the State, some of which were used also by the State for its ceremonial events. The claimants were therefore granted compensation for the forfeited immovable property in the amount of SIT 424,270 (EUR 1770,50), payable in State bonds. The applicant appealed.
25.  On 3 September 2003 the decision was upheld by the Ljubljana Higher Court. On 13 April 2005 the Supreme Court rejected the applicant’s request for revision.
26.  On 21 December 2005 the Constitutional Court dismissed the applicant’s constitutional appeal. It is not clear from the case file when the decision was served on the applicant.
27.  On 8 April 2004 the applicant again requested the land register to enter the transfer of ownership of the forfeited property back to his father J.D., which was rejected by the court on 14 July 2004.